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MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)

Chansons madécasses, M. 78
I. Nahandove: Andante quasi allegretto
II. Aoua: Andante
III. Il est doux: Lento

STEVEN BANKS (b. 1993)

New Work for Mezzo-soprano and Chamber Ensemble
West Coast Premiere | CMNW Co-Commission

TCHAIKOVSKY

String Sextet in D Minor, Op. 70, Souvenir de Florence (1892)
I. Allegro con spirito
II. Adagio cantabile e con moto
III. Allegro moderato
IV. Allegro vivace

MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)

Chansons madécasses, M. 78
I. Nahandove: Andante quasi allegretto
II. Aoua: Andante
III. Il est doux: Lento

STEVEN BANKS (b. 1993)

New Work for Mezzo-soprano and Chamber Ensemble
West Coast Premiere | CMNW Co-Commission

TCHAIKOVSKY

String Sextet in D Minor, Op. 70, Souvenir de Florence (1892)
I. Allegro con spirito
II. Adagio cantabile e con moto
III. Allegro moderato
IV. Allegro vivace

PURCELL
Four Songs (arr. Adès)
Come Unto these Yellow Sands
Full Fathom Five
An Evening Hymn
By Beauteous Softness

ADÈS
Concerto Conciso

BRAHMS
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34

LUTOSŁAWSKI
Variations on a Theme by Paganini

WILLIAMS
Quartet La Jolla (2011)

STEVEN BANKS
New Work (2026)

TCHAIKOVSKY
Souvenir de Florence

Adapted from the Oscar Wilde play of the same name, Salome has been thrilling and shocking audiences since its premiere in 1905. And it's easy to see why: a biblical story complete with a lecherous king, a willful princess, and an unyielding prophet is bound to get attention. Add in a power struggle, a dangerous obsession, and a dance that scandalizes audiences to this day, all set to Strauss's iconic music, and you're in for a wild and gripping performance.

Adapted from the Oscar Wilde play of the same name, Salome has been thrilling and shocking audiences since its premiere in 1905. And it's easy to see why: a biblical story complete with a lecherous king, a willful princess, and an unyielding prophet is bound to get attention. Add in a power struggle, a dangerous obsession, and a dance that scandalizes audiences to this day, all set to Strauss's iconic music, and you're in for a wild and gripping performance.

Adapted from the Oscar Wilde play of the same name, Salome has been thrilling and shocking audiences since its premiere in 1905. And it's easy to see why: a biblical story complete with a lecherous king, a willful princess, and an unyielding prophet is bound to get attention. Add in a power struggle, a dangerous obsession, and a dance that scandalizes audiences to this day, all set to Strauss's iconic music, and you're in for a wild and gripping performance.

Adapted from the Oscar Wilde play of the same name, Salome has been thrilling and shocking audiences since its premiere in 1905. And it's easy to see why: a biblical story complete with a lecherous king, a willful princess, and an unyielding prophet is bound to get attention. Add in a power struggle, a dangerous obsession, and a dance that scandalizes audiences to this day, all set to Strauss's iconic music, and you're in for a wild and gripping performance.

Adapted from the Oscar Wilde play of the same name, Salome has been thrilling and shocking audiences since its premiere in 1905. And it's easy to see why: a biblical story complete with a lecherous king, a willful princess, and an unyielding prophet is bound to get attention. Add in a power struggle, a dangerous obsession, and a dance that scandalizes audiences to this day, all set to Strauss's iconic music, and you're in for a wild and gripping performance.

World Premiere of a new Festival-commissioned song cycle by Gregory Spears

Michael Fabiano takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider the ultimate Italian opera, Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy. Beloved soprano Angel Blue make her company role debut as the long-suffering Desdemona, alongside baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat as the sinister Iago. Daniele Rustioni leads the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the exhilarating score.

Michael Fabiano takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider the ultimate Italian opera, Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy. Beloved soprano Angel Blue make her company role debut as the long-suffering Desdemona, alongside baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat as the sinister Iago. Daniele Rustioni leads the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the exhilarating score.

Michael Fabiano takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider the ultimate Italian opera, Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy. Beloved soprano Angel Blue make her company role debut as the long-suffering Desdemona, alongside baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat as the sinister Iago. Daniele Rustioni leads the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the exhilarating score.

Michael Fabiano takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider the ultimate Italian opera, Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy. Beloved soprano Angel Blue make her company role debut as the long-suffering Desdemona, alongside baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat as the sinister Iago. Daniele Rustioni leads the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the exhilarating score.

Michael Fabiano takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider the ultimate Italian opera, Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy. Beloved soprano Angel Blue make her company role debut as the long-suffering Desdemona, alongside baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat as the sinister Iago. Daniele Rustioni leads the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the exhilarating score.

Michael Fabiano takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider the ultimate Italian opera, Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy. Beloved soprano Angel Blue make her company role debut as the long-suffering Desdemona, alongside baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat as the sinister Iago. Daniele Rustioni leads the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the exhilarating score.

Brahms: Two Songs, Op. 91
Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70 (Arr. for Viola and Piano)
Grieg: Sechs Lieder, Op. 48
Liszt: Romance oubliée (Arr. For Viola and Piano)
Liszt: Three Songs
Bridge: Three Songs for Voice, Viola, and Piano
Vaughan Williams: Romance
Dove: Night's Not Spent Alone

Alexander Shelley, artistic and music director
Karen Slack, soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Michael Spyres, tenor
TBD, baritone
Naples Philharmonic Chorus
Jeremy T. Warner, director

Jake Runestad — A Silence Haunts Me
Beethoven — Symphony No. 9

The final Masterworks program devoted to Beethoven sees Alexander and the orchestra welcoming four celebrated vocalists—along with the Naples Philharmonic Chorus—for Jake Runestad’s touching choral reflection on Beethoven’s struggle with deafness before turning to the Ninth Symphony, his monumental finale that shattered the traditional symphonic form.